Government has extended the water licence application transition period for those who were using groundwater on or before February 29, 2016 for any non-domestic use, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and institutional groundwater uses.

As a turf management industry stakeholder, you are receiving this note because of a highly destructive insect pest to turf, the Japanese beetle (JB), discovered in the False Creek area of Vancouver the summer of 2017.

Thank you to everyone who attended the online meeting on October 24, 2018 to learn more about the changes to the MVRD Non-Road Diesel Engine Emission Regulation Bylaw No. 1161, including requirements for registration of low-use engines.

As many Metro-Vancouver area golf and sportsturf managers know, amendments to the city’s water management plan, now called the ‘Drinking Water Protection Plan’, allow golf courses and sportsfields to follow an approved water management plan versus following arbitrary restrictions imposed in stages 2 and 3.